Where is my power 1

Where is my power 1

Growing up with a nurse for a mom meant I didn’t get away with pretending to be sick, but getting sick meant that I got special attention and time out.  So this became a learnt pattern for me, showing up when my self care got so low (which was fairly often until...
My love-hate relationship with plastic

My love-hate relationship with plastic

There are so many uses for plastic from storage boxes to food containers to holding my favourite bath scrub to my keyboard to all sorts of things.  As I sit and write this I’m looking at so many things that are made of plastic in some way. Plastic protects and holds,...
Connecting to the source of my power

Connecting to the source of my power

This is a hard topic for me.  I think it should be something so easy and yet for me it’s not.  I felt compelled to write something about this, as for me it follows on to self love.  Yet getting the words to flow, the ideas to formulate and work cohesively has been...
Journeying from Self Neglect to Self Care

Journeying from Self Neglect to Self Care

Conscious living has been creeping into my awareness and life for quite a while now.  Though the element of self care has for the most part eluded me.  I’m really good at putting others first, modelled to me by my parents, society, the church, the media, etc.  So my...
Lightening the load

Lightening the load

Do you sometimes or often feel tired, drained, grumpy for no reason or just plain out of sorts with no idea where it came from? Or perhaps you’re like me where I overeat in social situations trying to deal with all the emotions around me including my own.  I used to...